EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (Jul 2021)

Application of chaotic encryption algorithm based on variable parameters in RFID security

  • Yi Guo,
  • Jianfang Yang,
  • Baolong Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13638-021-02023-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2021, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Abstract In the development of the Internet of Things technology, RFID technology plays a very important role in the application of the Internet of Things. However, due to the safety problems caused by the non-contact sensing of the RFID system, the further development of RFID technology in the application is largely hindered. In recent years, chaotic encryption has been applied in the field of cryptography by virtue of its unique characteristics, and it has received more and more attention in the security of RFID data transmission. Using the same key for encryption and decryption operations is a lightweight encryption algorithm. However, there are various problems in the application process of chaotic encryption: (1) nonlinear dynamic characteristics degradation and short-cycle cycle problems will occur under the influence of computer limited accuracy; (2) numerical conversion operations are required during application, to a certain extent It will affect the randomness of the iterative sequence; (3) During the iterative process, the iterative sequence cannot be spread over the entire value interval, and the randomness is poor. This paper proposes an improved segmented Logistic mapping encryption algorithm, uses the m-sequence to perturb initial value and sets a fixed step to change the control parameter value to generate a chaotic key stream sequence, and applies it to the RFID system data transmission security mechanism to encrypt the data. Experimental simulation and performance analysis show that the iterated chaotic sequence has good random distribution characteristics, unpredictability, and traversability. Compared to the previous improvement, the key space is increased to reach the size of 1024 space and can meet the security needs, which improve RFID data security and can effectively avoid various security problems.

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